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EIGHTH DUCHESS OF AIRDRIE, red and white, calved July 10, 1867, bred by 

 Mr. R. A. Alexander, Woodburn, Kentuckj', United States, the property of Mr. 

 E. H. Cheney, Gaddesby Hall, Leicester; got by Royal Oxford (18774), dam 

 (Duchess of Airdrie 7th) by Clifton Dulce (23580), g. d. (Duchess of Airdrie 2nd) 

 by Second Duke of Athol (11376), &c. ; directly descended from Duchess 54th, a 

 Cow bred by Mr. Bates at Kii-klevington, afterwards in the possession of Col. 

 Towneley, from whom Mr. Alexander obtained the tribe in 1853, which now 

 rank high in Kentucky. This Cow and her daughter. Duchess of Airdrie 13th, 

 cost £3000. Mr. Cheney has since imported Duchess of Airdrie 14th at £1500, 

 and the Duchess of Airdrie 15th at Ten Thousand Dollars ; the Third Duke of 

 Glo'ster from her was bought by the Earl of Bective at the Gaddesby Sale, 

 July 10, 1873, for 820 guineas 487 



GRAND DUCHESS 21st, red and white,. calved March 15, 1867, bred by Mr. E. L. 

 Betts, Preston Hall, Kent, the property of Mr. R. P. Davies, Horton, Gloucester- 

 shire ; got bj' Baron Oxford (23375), dam (Grand Duchess I7th) by Imperial 

 Oxford (18084), g. d. (Grand Duchess 10th) by Grand Duke 3rd 16182), &c. This 

 Cow was bought by Mr. Mcintosh at the Preston Hall Sale in 1867 when a 

 calf, and sold to Mr. R. P. Davies, along with Grand Duchess of Havering, in 

 May, 1873, for 3000 guineas ; she has since produced another heifer calf by the 

 Third Duke of Geneva -...-.-.--. 547 



KIRKLEVINGTON 18th, red and white, calved August 26, 1866, bred by Mr. C. W. 

 Harvey, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, the property of Mr. R. P. Davies, Horton, 

 Chipping Sodbury ; got by Third Lord Oxford (22200), dam (Kirklevington 10th) 

 by Delhi (15865), g. d. (Kirklevington 8th) by General Canrobert (12927), &c. 

 This Cow was by the same sire as the Eighth Duchess of Geneva, sold at the 

 New York Mills Sale for the highest sum on record given for any Short-Horned 

 Bull, Cow, or Heifer 580 



OXFORD ROSE 2nd, red, calved December 17, 1867, bred by and the property of the 

 Duke of Devonshire, Holker Hall, Lancashire ; got by Fourth Grand Duke (19874), 

 dam (Rose of Raby) by Lumley (16478), g. d. (Peace) by Second Grand Duke 

 (12961), &c. Fourth Grand Duke, bred by Mr. Bolden, was by Third Grand Duke 

 from Grand Duchess 8th by Prince Imperial, and proved himself a noted sire in 

 the Havering Park and Preston Hall Herds ; at the latter sale, Rose of Raby was 

 purchased when in calf to Fourth Grand Duke ...-..- 678 



SIDDINGTON 6th, roan, calved March 27, 1868, bred by Mr. Bowly, Siddington, 

 Cirencester, the property of the Earl of Bective, Underley Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale ; 

 got by Seventh Duke of York (17754), dam (Siddington 2nd) by Fourth Duke of 

 Oxford (11387), g. d. (Kirklevington 7th) by Earl of Derby (10177), &c. The 

 Seventh Duke of York, a favourite sire long used with marked success in the 

 Siddington and Didmarton Herds, was from Duchess 69th, half-sister to Duke 

 of Glo'ster. At Mr. Bowly's last Sale, two of the Siddington tribe sold for 

 570 and 505 guineas respectively 704 



